Exit Zero - Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago

Zusammenfassung In 1980, the author's world was turned upside down when the steel mill in Southeast Chicago where her father worked abruptly closed. In the ensuing years, ninety thousand other area residents would also lose their jobs in the mills. In this book, she examines the fate of her family and that of blue-collar America at large.

Product details

• Authors: Christine J. Walley, WALLEY CHRISTINE J, Walley Christine J.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2013
• EAN: 9780226871790
• ISBN: 978-0-226-87179-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Illinois, Sociology: family & relationships, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology: family and relationships